Home › Entities › taxon › Bettongia penicillata

Bettongia penicillata

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q210070
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Bettongia penicillata

Summary

Bettongia penicillata is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (512 views/month, #1,516 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bettongia penicillata's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bettongia penicillata is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Bettongia penicillata's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[5].
  • Bettongia penicillata is classified within Bettongia[6].
  • Bettongia penicillata is endemic to Australia[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Bettongia penicillata is Bettongia penicillata[8].
  • Bettongia penicillata's Commons category is recorded as Bettongia penicillata[9].
  • Bettongia penicillata's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bettongia penicillata[10].
  • Bettongia penicillata's Commons gallery is recorded as Bettongia penicillata[11].
  • Bettongia penicillata's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. penicillata'}[12].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brush-tailed bettong'}[13].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Canguro-rata Colipeludo'}[14].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Bettongie à queue touffue'}[15].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Kangourou-rat à queue touffue'}[16].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brush-tailed Bettong'}[17].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brush-tailed Rat-kangaroo'}[18].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Woylie'}[19].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bürstenrattenkänguru'}[20].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bürstenschwanz-Rattenkänguru'}[21].
  • Bettongia penicillata is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Südliches Bürstenkänguru'}[22].
  • Bettongia penicillata's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+18.8'}[23].
  • Bettongia penicillata's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1837[24].
  • Bettongia penicillata's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[25].

Body

Classification

Bettongia penicillata's scientific name is Bettongia penicillata[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Bettongia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brush-tailed bettong'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Canguro-rata Colipeludo'}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Bettongie à queue touffue'}[15], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Kangourou-rat à queue touffue'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brush-tailed Rat-kangaroo'}[18], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Woylie'}[19].

Distribution

Bettongia penicillata is endemic to Australia[7].

Identifiers

Bettongia penicillata's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42998[26]. Bettongia penicillata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 69259[27]. Bettongia penicillata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 128419[28]. Bettongia penicillata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440026[29]. Bettongia penicillata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552701[30].

Why It Matters

Bettongia penicillata ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (512 views/month, #1,516 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Bettongia penicillata. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bettongia-penicillata
MLA “Bettongia penicillata.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bettongia-penicillata.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bettongia-penicillata_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Bettongia penicillata}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bettongia-penicillata}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Bettongia penicillata — https://4ort.xyz/entity/bettongia-penicillata (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/bettongia-penicillata · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Bettongia
    Taxon rank → species
    Longest observed lifespan → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+18.8'}
    Instance of → taxon
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284616005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.